Alfred Theodore Goodwin
 

Hon. Alfred Theodore Goodwin
Firm: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Address: The Richard H. Chambers Courthouse
125 South Grand Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: (626) 229-7250
Fax: (626) 229-7462
E-mail:
Web site: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/
Position Bar Admissions Education
Honors Published Works Affiliations
Current Employment Position(s):
Senior Circuit Judge, since January 31, 1991

Appointed 1971 by Richard M. Nixon
Bar Admissions:
Oregon, 1951
U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1951
Education:
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, 1951
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: Oregon Law Review, Editorial Staff, 1949 - 1951

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1947
B.A.
Major: Journalism

Published Works:
How the Adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code Would Affect the Law of Sales in Oregon, 30 Or. L. Rev. 139, 1951

A Judicial Role in Bar-Press Dialogue, Trial Judges Journal, April, 1967

Witnesses (with J. Luvaas), Oregon State Bar Trial Book, Chapter 4, 1967

Fair Trial and Free Press, The Prosecutor's Sourcebook, ch. 40 P.L.I. Crim. L. Sourcebook Ser., 1969

Code Pleading in Oregon in the Twenty-First Century? 2 Envtl. L. 145, 1971

Press Court Regulations: Can They Be Improved? 7 Hastings Const. L.Q. 633, 1980

Economic Analysis (Symposium: Changing Perspectives in Antitrust Litigation) (with J. DeLong, J.J. Flynn and R.W. Clower), 12 Sw. U. L. Rev. 297, 1981

Challenges Facing Bar Examiners, 53 B. Exam. 23, Nov., 1984

International Law in Federal Courts, 20 Cal. West Int'l L. J. 2 1989-1990

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1952 - 1953

Faculty, American Academy of Judicial Education

Honors and Awards:
University of Oregon Distinguished Service Award, 1972

Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, 1951 - Present
Member

American Judicature Society, 1960 - Present
Member

Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration, 1977 - 1981
Member

Ad Hoc Committee on the Media Petition, Camera's in the Courtroom, 1983 - 1984
Member

American Bar Association, Section of Judicial Administration, Member, 1970 - 1971
Committee on Proposed Federal Rules on Criminal Procedure

American Bar Association, 1976
Council, Resources for Legal Education Committee

American Bar Association, 1976 - 1988
Council, Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar

American Bar Association, 1976 - 1979
Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press

American Bar Association, 1986
Chair, Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

American Bar Association, 1987
House of Delegates

American Law Institute, 1975 - Present
Member

American Bar Foundation
Member

Oregon State Bar, 1951 - Present
Member

Central Lane YMCA, 1955 - 1960
Board of Directors

Salem Community Action Council, 1961 - 1969
Member

Salem Art Association, 1961 - 1969
Member

Salvation Army, Eugene and Salem, Oregon, 1955 - 1970
Board Member

State Traffic Court Rules Committee, 1959 - 1960
Chairman

University of Oregon Alumni Association, 1962 - 1963
President

State-Federal Judicial Council, 1971 - 1992
Member

Liaison Committee with District Judges, 9th Circuit, 1973 - 1982
Member

Judicial Conference, 1975 - 1976
Member, 9th Circuit Subcommittee, Bicentennial Committee

Salem Human Relations Commission, 1964 - 1969
Member

United States Army Reserves, 1946 - 1969
Lieutenant Colonel, JAGC Corps (Retired),

Joint Commission With Press and Broadcasters, Oregon, 1962 - 1966
Chairman

Constitutional Revision Commission, State of Oregon, 1961 - 1962
Member

United States Army, 1942 - 1946
Private to Captain, Infantry

Oregon State Bar, 1954
Member, Committee on Uniform State Law

Past Employment Positions:
Ninth Circuit Court, Chief Judge, 1988 - 1991

United States Circuit Court, Ninth Circuit, Circuit Judge, 1971 - 1988

District of Oregon, United States District Judge, 1969 - 1971

Oregon Supreme Court, Associate Justice, 1960 - 1969

Second Judicial District of Oregon, Circuit Judge, 1955 - 1960

Darling, Vonderheit & Goodwin, Eugene, Oregon, 1951 - 1955

U.S. Army Captain, 1943 - 1946

JAG Corps, U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, 1960 - 1969

U. S. District Court, District of Oregon, Judge

Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, Judge, 1955 - 1960

Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, Judge, 1960 - 1969

Fraternities/Sororities:
Alpha Tau Omega
Phi Delta Phi
Birth Information:
1923, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America
Profile Last Updated:
5/21/2013
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